24 April 2025 : Indian intelligence agencies have traced the digital footprints of the Pahalgam attackers to safehouses in Muzaffarabad and Karachi, establishing Pakistan’s hand in the attacks and indicating the use of a remote control-room , much like the one that was used in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks , highly placed officials directly involved in the investigation said.
At least 26 Indian tourists, all men, and mostly Hindu, were targeted by terrorists on Tuesday, in one of the worst attacks seen in the valley in years.
Preliminary forensic analysis and statements from the survivors have revealed that the five terrorists involved in the killings were well-equipped, with automatic weapons including AK rifles and sophisticated communication devices, and that some of them even wore military-style fatigues.
“Our intelligence intercepts suggest a direct link with operatives based in Pakistan. We have traced the digital footprint to some safehouses in Muzaffarabad and Karachi, which have been the key hubs for Lashkar-e-Taiba’s previous major attacks in India that are supervised by Pakistan army and the ISI from control centres,” said one of the people cited above.
Intelligence inputs also suggest that there was a coordinated state-backed conspiracy to send highly skilled terrorists in larger number to India recently.
Citing inputs, a second person said that in December last year and January this year, “there were alerts that Pakistan army and ISI were actively facilitating infiltration of highly skilled terrorists of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad from the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) into India.”
Summary: Investigators trace attackers’ digital trails to Pakistan’s Muzaffarabad and Karachi, indicating cross-border coordination in the Pahalgam terror strike.